GOT QUESTIONS? WE’VE GOT ANSWERS

Is this program right for me?

Will this really work?

What can I expect to learn?

A: The Kalish Method™ is a simple practice model of functional medicine that can be easily implemented in any type of practice setting. It focuses on The Three Body Systems™ – Neuroendocrine, GI and Detox. It uses three types of lab tests, a very specific series of natural supplements, patient communication techniques, and practice management tools, to enable practitioners to manage common chronic health conditions in their patients.

What is My Practice Plan?

A: The Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) has partnered with The Kalish Institute to deliver the in-depth, online practice implementation course, with topics that include business plans, financial planning, sales, marketing, operations, and legal strategy.

Q: How is The Kalish Method Mentorship different from other models and training programs?

A: The Kalish Method™ is the only functional medicine program that was developed from successful practical application, in clinic, for over 20 years.

Like so many practitioners seeking this type of education, Dr. Kalish struggled to develop and apply a system that worked in his early years. Many of the training programs available to him back then, and available to you, right now, are taught in weekend seminars. They provide great information, but there is VERY LITTLE PRACTICAL APPLICATION. After paying for travel to a seminar, paying for lodging, paying for registration fees, listening to lectures, and getting excited about your newfound knowledge, you likely return to your clinic only to realize that you have tons of questions, and no idea how to order the first lab, communicate the program with your patients, and develop a business around the information you’ve received.

That’s what makes The Kalish Institute different. Dr. Kalish gives you a simple set of labs and a program design system. He then combines those tools with excellent patient communication and program design. He then works with you over a 6-month or 12-month period (depending on which course you select), allowing you to ask questions and tap into his decades of practical knowledge, while you cut your teeth, so that you can take off the training wheels, and excel on your own.

Q: Is Dr. Kalish still practicing?

A: Yes, Dr. Kalish sees patients two days a week and uses the exact same protocols covered in the training programs with his patient practice.

Q: Can I do this work if I already use muscle testing in my practice?

A: Yes, absolutely. Dr. Kalish used AK long before he adapted functional medicine, and he can help you combine these two into a very effective model.

Practical application videos where Dr. Kalish will lead you through a real-life practice scenario.

All of these videos and lectures are pre-recorded.

Within each week’s content page there are also forms and documents designed for the practitioner to take and use in his or her practice, making assimilation easy.

There are also recommended readings and suggested homework assignments that encourage you, the student, to apply the materials presented in class.

Part 2 – Live Q&A calls:

While you are going through the material together, there is a weekly, live Q&A class with Dr. Kalish.

The class is limited to 20 students.

The call occurs on Tuesdays, and you typically have a choice of which group you would like to join for the Q&A.

The Q&A is always recorded and is posted to the training platform, and emailed out within 24 hours.

You are invited to email your questions and test results at least 24 hours before class, and Dr. Kalish will review and discuss these student-generated questions and practice issues during the Q&A call.

If you cannot attend the Live Q&A discussion, you can still email your questions, and listen to the Dr. Kalish’s discussion once the recording is made available.

You may also ask questions during class.

Q: Are there prerequisites for the Kalish Method training programs?

A: There are no prerequisites for any of our training programs. The Kalish Method Mentorship is a practice system designed to give practitioners of all kinds a reliable, proven, sequence of lab testing, patient communication, and diet and lifestyle coaching, which will lead to practice success.

Q: Can I expect Dr. Kalish to answer my questions regarding practice building and management?

A: Yes, we encourage questions about practice building and management. There are specific lectures designed to give you an overview of practice setup and management relating to program design and patient communication and education. For an in depth dive into Legal Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and much more, we recommend you take the My Practice Plan course. In addition, at its core, the Kalish Method is designed to answer most practice issues simply with implementation. The sequence of the program gives you a roadmap for every new patient. The small number of labs, concise list of supplements, access to trusted providers of labs and supplements, and provided forms and documents for use in your clinic, give you everything you need to operate a successful business.

Q: When do the weekly Q & A classes take place?

A: The weekly Q & A takes place every Tuesday or Wednesday. Typically, we will enroll multiple classes at a time, and you may have an option for which time slot you would like to attend. The most common times for class are 9am Pacific time, and 5pm Pacific time. However, ALL Q&A CALLS ARE RECORDED, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ATTEND OR NOT, YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IF YOU EMAIL THEM IN ADVANCE. Please note that we are in Nevada and are subject to a time change twice a year in the Fall (we set our clocks back 1 hour) and Spring (we set our clocks ahead 1 hour.)

Q: What if I miss a weekly Q&A class? Are the classes recorded?

A: Yes, the weekly Q & A classes are recorded and posted on the training site within 24 hours following the live call. Dr. Kalish will answer your questions regardless of whether you are present during the live class.

Q: Will there be homework during the training?

A: By far, the quality that most distinguishes the Kalish Method Mentorship™ and My Practice Plan from all other functional medicine training programs is the guidance of Dr. Kalish (who has used this method in his own practice for two decades), and the encouragement that you apply the method in your practice from the very first day of class. In order for you to fully benefit from the practical application lessons taught by Dr. Kalish, it is important that you practice by communicating the techniques with your patients, test them, test yourself, and implement any recommended lifestyle changes if you are in the mentorship program, or complete the business plan and all other worksheet assignments in the My Practice Plan course. The more you put into this program, the more you will get out of it.

Q: Will there be a test or examination at the end of the training?

A: There is a final exam for the 6 Month Mentorship and a Midterm and Final for the 1 Year Mentorship. The My Practice Plan has a Practitioner Playbook that must be completed to finish the course.

Q: What kind of certification do you offer?

A: Upon completion of the course and final exam you will receive a downloadable certificate of completion for the Kalish Method Mentorship™

Q: Do you offer CEU’s?

A: We do not offer CEU’s at this time.

Q: Do you have a chat community?

A: Yes, we have an online community as well as students can interact with each other during the live Q&A calls.

Q: Are there one-on-one calls with Dr. Kalish?

A: There are currently no one-on-one sessions for in depth coaching. However, Dr. Kalish speaks with all students personally at the beginning and end of their program.

Q: How long will I have access to the training program materials?

A: For the Kalish Method Mentorship™, you will have 6 or 12 months of weekly Q&A calls with Dr. Kalish, to accompany your journey through the 6 or 12 months of substantive lectures and materials (depending on which course you select). My Practice Plan has 3 months of live calls and 6 months of access to materials.

Q: What will I be able to do when I am done with the Kalish Method Mentorship™?

A: Upon completion of the Kalish Method Mentorship™ you will be able to:

Start with confidence with every new patient

Order the right tests from the right companies

Run your business smoothly and easily

Improve your patient communication skills

Source proven, clinically effective supplements

Design impactful programs for your patients

Learn coaching for essential diet and lifestyle changes

Help patients feel better

Receive increased referrals from the patients whose trust you have earned

Q: After completing a course will I be able to do phone consultations with clients?

A: The Kalish Institute cannot advise you as to your practicing rights. After completion of any class, you will still be governed by the practicing board that licensed you, and we recommend that you check with your local and state agencies to determine the legal parameters for phone consultations.

Q: Do I need a certain license to be able to take the course or practice functional medicine?

A: IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPLY FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE IN YOUR PRACTICE, YOU WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH YOU PRACTICE, AND THE PRACTICING BOARD(S) UNDER WHICH YOU ARE ALREADY LICENSED. THE LAWS AND PRACTICING BOARDS OF EVERY STATE ARE DIFFERENT, AND AS SUCH, THE KALISH INSTITUTE MAY NOT ADVISE YOU AS TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE RIGHTS.

While most practitioners find an acceptable and legal way to apply these techniques in practice, on their own, or by working in conjunction with a Medical Doctor who can assist them with lab ordering and supplement design for their patients/clients, we recommend that you speak with our lab and supplement providers at BioHealth Labs, Genova, Metagenics, Designs For Health, and Pure Encapsulations should you have any doubts about your rights and abilities.

Many of our past graduates practice internationally, but we encourage our non-US students to complete their own research about lab and supplement ordering, as different rules may apply.

Ultimately, this training is for people who are motivated to do this work and want to incorporate functional medicine into their practices. We have all sorts of professionals in class together, from practitioners with 20 plus years of experience to folks still in school. We all learn from each other.

Q: What if I need more coaching after a course is completed. What are my options?

A: We have an ongoing weekly Clinical Rounds class that is the exact same format as the weekly Q&A class for the Mentorship. This class takes place every Tuesday at 8 am Pacific Time (we may add additional times in the future). The monthly fee for this class is $149 and you may join at anytime and cancel at anytime.

Q: Do you have a practitioner directory that I will be included in upon the completion?

A: Yes, we have a practitioner directory that graduates can be included in after completion of the course exam and ongoing active membership in the Community.

Q: How do I incorporate functional medicine into my current practice?

A: This is what the Kalish Method Mentorship™ is all about. Dr. Kalish will give you all the information and tools you need to succeed with functional medicine.

Q: How do you make money with functional medicine when services are not covered by insurance?

A: We provide scripts that you can use with new patients to encourage them to purchase a lab kit, and start a program. We also have protocols for designing programs and educating patients about the importance of combining supplement protocols with lifestyle changes to affect positive change.

If you can’t be highly profitable you’re not going to last long or help many people, so an increase in revenue must come early on. Dr. Kalish’s motto is, “If I can do this, you can do this.” He makes a large amount of money, every month, year after year, using the exact model that he’ll be teaching you. Hundreds of practices, including Dr. Joseph Mercola’s clinic, are succeeding with this system and ordering millions of dollars in labs and supplements as a result of this course. You can too.

A: The cost for the Kalish Method Mentorship™ 1 year program is $13,490 if paid in full, up front. The 6 month program is $8,495 if paid up front. You may also make monthly payments; please see classes page for more details.

Q: If I choose the monthly payment option is my card charged automatically each month?

A: Your card is charged for the first payment on the date you sign up, and every 30 days thereafter until payment for the course is complete. If you should fail to make payment, or if a payment is declined, you will have 30 days to correct the payment issue before losing access to the training materials. More detailed information about the payment process is contained in our Agreement form, which is contained in the payment process.

Q: What forms of payment do you accept?

A: We accept personal checks, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express.

Q: Are there any other costs that I should expect to incur in the course of this training?

A: You will be ordering lab tests, so you will incur shipping costs to have these sent to you from the lab companies. If you live outside the US your shipping costs will be higher. (Please contact the lab companies directly for approximate costs.)

Q: I am still in school – do you offer a student discount?

A: At this time we do not offer a student discount.

Q: What tools are required to take this course? Do I have to buy any equipment or software?

A: A computer and Internet connection are necessary for you to take this course.

A: The Kalish Method™ incorporates saliva, urine and stool samples, there are no blood tests involved.

Q: Will I need to set up accounts with lab companies?

A: Yes, we ask that you set up accounts with both BioHealth and Genova labs, as these are the companies we use in the training program. Please use these companies so that you will be able to best follow the guidelines for lab test use and interpretation during the program.

Q: Will I need to set up accounts with supplement companies?

A: We will provide you with information on how to set up an account with Metegenics, Pure Encapsulations, and Designs For Health. You can decide which company is the best fit for you and your practice. You can sell the products directly to your patients or if you prefer, your patients can order directly from the manufacturer. We highly recommend you set up accounts directly with the manufacturer so that your patients get the best quality supplements from a trusted source. There is a very small number of specialty items that you may need to source from other vendors, but this information will be provided as a part of the mentorship training program.

Q: I live outside the US – will I be able to set up accounts with the recommended lab companies?

A: Yes. And we have many international practitioners in our programs. However, we recommend contacting the companies directly to determine approximate shipping costs and customs requirements for your country.

Q: Does Dr. Kalish sell his line of supplements to other practitioners?

A: No, Dr. Kalish does not provide his private label supplement brand to other Kalish Practitioners for resale.